Improved buckle



@eine ftutnsgsttrut @ffice G.v o. n UNT n n s s', vor K H o RN, w1 s o oN s1 N. Letters Potent No. $5,749, 'elated Jima 11, 1867.

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'lO ALL WHOM l'l MAY CONCERN:

De it known that I, G. C. IIUN'LRESS, of ElkhornVin the county ofWalworth, und State of Wisconsin, huvo inventeil new 'cnil usefulimprovenients in ',l r:Lce-Buckles and I do hereby (leclerc that thefollowing'is aull :ind exuc't description thereof, reference being hardto the :tceoinpnnying drawings, making u port of this specification, inwhich i Figure 1 represents the side view; and

Figure 2, the top view of the buckle.

'lhe nature of my invention consists in arranging the buckle with twotongues, and thushuving a double purchase in connecting the truce withthe home-strep, when the power is applied.

To enable others'skilled in the nrt to n'mkeanll use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construct-ion und Opern-tion. Y

I Vconstruct the main fran'ie of my buckle of metal, in the formrepresented by D in 'fig'. 2; und across its under side, et about themiddle, I secure n cross-bar, F, by the bent arms E, as shown iu fig. 1,the bnr F being shown by flottefl lines in fig. 2. lo the fro'nt end ofthe frame D,on its under side, Inttaeh firmly u; projecting pin or lug,A, as shown in'ig. 1, this lug being ofproper size to fit in the ,holesmudo for the tongue B. Within `this frame D I pivot u lever, C, byineens of a, pin, d, the front end of the lever C projecting forwardbeyond the cross-bnr F, und having a. tongue or projecting pin, B,secured firmly nem' its front end, on its under side, :Ls shown iniig. 1. The side-.strap Il hns ,its end sewed fest to the cross-bur F,andthe tug or truce is then i sorted between' the sume and the freine D,es shown in fig. 1, the tongue B on leverC entering one hole in thetre-ce, und the piu 4or tongue A, on the front end of fra-me D, entering:mother hole, the strain on the buckles being thus thrownpartly on thetongue A onli partly on the tongue B, und thereby lessening the dangerof breaking the tongues, and nilso the weer on the holes made in thetrace.

lim/ ing thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

A buckle consisting of the frame D, having the cross-bur F and tongue Aformell thereon,:m l having the lever C, with the tongue il attached,pivoted to the frame, as herein described.

G. C. HUNTRESS.

Witnesses:

3.113. Tonarm, mJAS. 1t. lIArnnN.

